tc hawken,s 54 cal

I have a problem, my tc 54 shooting 80 grains of 2f swiss patches are 015 pillow ticking cut at muzzle lube with frontier anti rust-patch lube, when fired the patches come out very burned or on fired, I have caught leaves on fire behind my cabin, what is causing this ? thanks randy

I have a problem, my tc 54 shooting 80 grains of 2f swiss patches are 015 pillow ticking cut at muzzle lube with frontier anti rust-patch lube, when fired the patches come out very burned or on fired, I have caught leaves on fire behind my cabin, what is causing this ? thanks randy

G'day mate,

My patches don't tend to smolder, although i did have problems with a batch of material that had a loose weave.

Dumb question, did you pre wash your material to shrink it a little and tighten it up?

go to the internet and find a site that sells pure 100 percent linen. order a yard of it. get medium weigh tight weave. your problem will be solved. it doesnt burn and the recoved patches cant be relubed and used again if you so desire.

When I first tried Swiss back in 2010 almost every rifle I had started burning patches. It was that much hotter than red can Goex. I had to switch to thicker patch material, denim in some cases. Lube didn't really make much difference. Some of my rifles worked fine with a wad over the powder. With others the wad destroyed accuracy.

A couple or three things I can mention might help some. One thing is that a tight load is not only accurate but helps protect the patching; I like anything from a .020" mattress ticking, .022" cotton canvas duck to .024" denim. Also an op wad, toilet paper, hornet nest, etc, will help protect the patch. Finally, using your thumb and sandpaper, round out the crown to where the lands do not stand out but smoothly merge into the bore. Often, patches are torn by the sharp lands when seating the prb into the muzzle.